FIVE WAYS EXPERIENCE CHANGES YOUR BRAIN Experience insulates young neurons with myelin, so they’re superfast conductors of electricity. Experienced synapses are better at sending electricity to neighboring neurons, so you’re better at lighting up a path you’ve lit up before. Neurons atrophy if they’re not used, so you rely more heavily on the neurons you’ve used. New synapses grow between neurons you use, so you make connections. Receptors grow and atrophy, so it’s easier to process the feelings you experience repeatedly.
